Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops
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Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops was a U.S. military body armor system used by ground forces before being superseded by more advanced protective gear.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PASGT | 1 |
| PASGT armor | 1 |
| Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops canonical | 1 |
| Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops helmet | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2701826 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Context triple: [Interceptor Body Armor, replaced, Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops]
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A.
Army Combat Uniform
The Army Combat Uniform is the standard camouflage-patterned field uniform worn by U.S. Army soldiers for everyday duty and combat operations.
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B.
Weapon System 107A-1
Weapon System 107A-1 was the U.S. Air Force development program under which the SM-65 Atlas, America’s first operational intercontinental ballistic missile, was created.
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C.
Stryker armored fighting vehicle
The Stryker armored fighting vehicle is an eight-wheeled, highly mobile, lightly armored combat vehicle used by the U.S. Army for rapid deployment and versatile battlefield roles.
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D.
N9 Warfare Systems
N9 Warfare Systems is a major division within the U.S. Navy’s Office of the Chief of Naval Operations responsible for overseeing warfare system capabilities, requirements, and integration across the fleet.
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E.
Archer Artillery System
The Archer Artillery System is a modern Swedish self-propelled howitzer platform designed for rapid, highly automated, long-range indirect fire support.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Target entity description: Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops was a U.S. military body armor system used by ground forces before being superseded by more advanced protective gear.
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A.
Army Combat Uniform
The Army Combat Uniform is the standard camouflage-patterned field uniform worn by U.S. Army soldiers for everyday duty and combat operations.
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B.
Weapon System 107A-1
Weapon System 107A-1 was the U.S. Air Force development program under which the SM-65 Atlas, America’s first operational intercontinental ballistic missile, was created.
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C.
Stryker armored fighting vehicle
The Stryker armored fighting vehicle is an eight-wheeled, highly mobile, lightly armored combat vehicle used by the U.S. Army for rapid deployment and versatile battlefield roles.
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D.
N9 Warfare Systems
N9 Warfare Systems is a major division within the U.S. Navy’s Office of the Chief of Naval Operations responsible for overseeing warfare system capabilities, requirements, and integration across the fleet.
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E.
Archer Artillery System
The Archer Artillery System is a modern Swedish self-propelled howitzer platform designed for rapid, highly automated, long-range indirect fire support.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military body armor system
ⓘ
personal protective equipment ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
PASGT
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops
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surface form:
PASGT armor
flak vest ⓘ |
| armorType | soft armor ⓘ |
| component |
PASGT helmet
ⓘ
PASGT vest ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor |
field combat use
ⓘ
ground troops ⓘ |
| designedToProtect |
head
ⓘ
torso ⓘ vital organs ⓘ |
| enteredService | early 1980s ⓘ |
| era | late Cold War U.S. body armor ⓘ |
| helmetDesignInfluence | modern U.S. combat helmet shapes ⓘ |
| helmetMaterial | Kevlar ⓘ |
| intendedThreats |
low-velocity projectiles
ⓘ
shell fragments ⓘ shrapnel ⓘ |
| introducedInPeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
| legacyUse |
some foreign militaries
ⓘ
training ⓘ |
| material | Kevlar ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Army
ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| primaryUsePeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| protectionLevel |
fragmentation
ⓘ
limited small-arms protection ⓘ |
| replaced |
M-69 flak vest
ⓘ
Vietnam War–era body armor ⓘ |
| sawServiceInConflict |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of Grenada
Panama invasion ⓘ Somalia peacekeeping operations ⓘ
surface form:
Somalia operations
peacekeeping missions ⓘ |
| serviceEntryContext | Cold War ⓘ |
| standardIssueFor |
U.S. Army ground combat units
ⓘ
U.S. Marine Corps ground combat units ⓘ |
| status | largely retired from front-line U.S. service ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert systems
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Improved Outer Tactical Vest ⓘ Interceptor Body Armor ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. ground forces
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combat support troops ⓘ infantry soldiers ⓘ |
| vestFeature | ballistic nylon or Kevlar layers ⓘ |
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Subject: Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Description of subject: Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops was a U.S. military body armor system used by ground forces before being superseded by more advanced protective gear.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.